Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 194,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products & free services

Education expense reimbursement

Bonuses or relocation support

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer to join its Platform Architecture team in Cupertino, CA.

You will own performance models for multiple media IPs powering Apple’s SoCs, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to optimize trade‑offs between performance, power and area across devices from Apple Watch to Vision Pro. The role emphasizes data‑driven architectural insights, with opportunities to develop performance tools, analyze traces, and present findings to influence

Qualifications

• Experience in computer architecture and software engineering.
• Experience in C++ object‑oriented software development.
• Strong understanding of SoC architectures including fabrics, memory systems, QoS, arbitration, and queuing theory.
• Experience with performance model development and analysis, including data analytics and applied machine learning.
• Proficiency in Python, Lua, and shell scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with architects, design, and software teams to plan, implement, validate, and correlate high‑level C++ performance models.
• Develop tools for analyzing and visualizing performance data and provide architectural insights.
• Present performance study results to cross‑functional teams to inform architectural decisions.
• Validate performance models against specifications and correlate with RTL.
• Use and develop tools for analyzing traces and simulating data flow to provide performance and power feedback.

Skills

C++ OO development

Performance modeling

Python scripting

Data analytics

Machine learning basics

Communication skills

Tools

STL libraries

Software design patterns

Job description

Media-IP SoC Performance Engineer, Platform Architecture

Cupertino, California, United States — Hardware

Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Are you a big-picture forward-thinking engineer who understands how each element affects all the others? At Apple, our Architecture group connects our hardware and software into one unified system. Join this team and collaborate with engineers across Apple to design how all our technologies work in unison.

Description

We are looking for a Media‑IP SoC Performance Engineer to join our small, dynamic team at Apple. We own the performance models of several complex multi‑media IPs that power Apple’s SoCs—technology that is central to the customer experience across nearly every Apple product, from Apple Watch and iPhone to iPad, Mac, Vision Pro (AR/VR), and next‑generation product lines. In this highly visible role, you will collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams to help define the architecture of new features and optimize trade‑offs between performance, power, and area for these Media‑IPs using a variety of sources ranging from performance models to released devices. The end goal is to deliver data‑driven performance architectural insights that provide the best customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with functional architects, design, and software teams to plan, implement, validate, and correlate high‑level C++ performance models.
• Develop custom tools and approaches for analyzing and visualizing performance data, applying data science and machine learning techniques to provide architectural insights.
• Present performance study results to cross‑functional teams to inform and drive architectural decisions.
• Validate the performance models against the specification and correlate the model with RTL.
• Use and develop tools for analyzing traces from products and simulating the data flow for Media use cases to provide performance and power feedback to the architecture and software teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in computer architecture and software engineering.
• Experience in C++ object‑oriented software development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of SoC architectures including fabrics, memory systems, QoS, arbitration, and queuing theory.
• Experience with performance model development and analysis, including data analytics, statistics, and applied machine learning.
• Expertise in C++ including latest STL libraries, with strong skills in modular object‑oriented software architectures and design patterns.
• Proficiency in Python, Lua, and shell scripting languages.
• Demonstrated problem‑solving and analytical skills with ability to tackle complex architectural challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting technical results to cross‑functional audiences.

Compensation

Base pay for this role is between $129,300 and $194,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Benefits

You’ll also receive benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• A range of discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses—including tuition—for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple.
• Possible discretionary bonuses or commission payments, as well as relocation support.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs, may receive discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Equal Opportunity

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